Current season or competition: 2005–06 Warwickshire 1 | |
Sport | Rugby union |
---|---|
Instituted | 1987 |
Ceased | 2006 |
Country | England |
Holders |
Spartans (Midlands) (1st title) (2005–06) (promoted to Midlands 4 West (South)) |
Most titles | Harbury (2 titles) |
Warwickshire 1 was a tier 9 English Rugby Union league with teams from Warwickshire taking part. Promoted teams moved up to Midlands 4 West (South) and relegated sides dropped to Warwickshire 2. Warwickshire 1 was cancelled at the end of the 2005–06 season with the majority of teams transferred into the newly introduced Midlands 5 West (South).
When league rugby began in 1987 this division contained the following teams:
The original Warwickshire 1 was a tier 8 league with promotion up to Staffordshire/Warwickshire and relegation to Warwickshire 2. At the end of the 1991–92 season the merging of all Staffordshire and Warwickshire leagues meant that Warwickshire 1 was discontinued for the years that these leagues were active [b].
| ||||||||||||||
Season | No of teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated teams | Reference | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1987–88 | 11 | Keresley | Coventry Welsh | Old Laurentians, Atherstone | [2] | |||||||||
1988–89 | 11 | Coventry Welsh | Trinity Guild | Rugby St Andrews, GEC Coventry | [3] | |||||||||
1989–90 | 11 | Broadstreet | Trinity Guild | Manor Park | [4] | |||||||||
1990–91 | 11 | Kenilworth | Old Laurentians | Southam | [5] | |||||||||
1991–92 | 11 | Old Laurentians [c] | Trinity Guild | No relegation | [6] | |||||||||
Green backgrounds are promotion places. |
Restructuring of the Staffordshire/Warwickshire leagues [d] ahead of the 1996–97 season saw the reintroduction of a single Warwickshire league, which along with its counterpart Staffordshire was a tier 9 league. Promotion was to Staffordshire/Warwickshire 1 and there was no relegation until the reintroduction of Warwickshire 2 at the end of the 1999–00 season.
| ||||||||||||||
Season | No of teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated teams | Reference | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1996–97 | 9 | Claverdon | Ford | No relegation | [7] | |||||||||
1997–98 | 10 | Harbury | Atherstone | No relegation | [8] | |||||||||
1998–99 | 10 | Atherstone | Rugby St Andrews | No relegation | [9] [e] | |||||||||
1999–00 | 9 | Rugby St Andrews [f] | Old Wheatleyans | Multiple teams [g] | [10] [h] | |||||||||
Green backgrounds are promotion places. |
The cancellation of Staffordshire/Warwickshire 1 would see Warwickshire become Warwickshire 1, remaining as a tier 9 league. Promotion was to Midlands 4 West (South) and relegation to Warwickshire 2 until that division was cancelled at the end of the 2003–04 season. At the end of the 2005–06 season Warwickshire 1 was cancelled and all teams transferred to the newly introduced Midlands 5 West (South) and Midlands 6 West (South-East) divisions.
| ||||||||||||||
Season | No of teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated teams | Reference | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2000–01 | 10 | Earlsdon | Coventry Welsh | Pinley, Claverdon | [11] | |||||||||
2001–02 | 10 | Marconi | Shipston-on-Stour | Standard | [12] | |||||||||
2002–03 | 10 | Trinity Guild | Dunlop | Claverdon, Old Wheatleyans | [13] | |||||||||
2003–04 | 8 | Manor Park | Coventry Welsh | Stoke Old Boys, Pinley, Alcester | [14] | |||||||||
2004–05 | 9 | Harbury | Coventry Welsh | Old Wheatleyans, Coventry Technical | [15] | |||||||||
2005–06 | 10 | Spartans (Midlands) [i] | Dunlop [j] | No relegation [k] | [16] | |||||||||
Green backgrounds are promotion places. |
Current season or competition: 2005–06 Warwickshire 1 | |
Sport | Rugby union |
---|---|
Instituted | 1987 |
Ceased | 2006 |
Country | England |
Holders |
Spartans (Midlands) (1st title) (2005–06) (promoted to Midlands 4 West (South)) |
Most titles | Harbury (2 titles) |
Warwickshire 1 was a tier 9 English Rugby Union league with teams from Warwickshire taking part. Promoted teams moved up to Midlands 4 West (South) and relegated sides dropped to Warwickshire 2. Warwickshire 1 was cancelled at the end of the 2005–06 season with the majority of teams transferred into the newly introduced Midlands 5 West (South).
When league rugby began in 1987 this division contained the following teams:
The original Warwickshire 1 was a tier 8 league with promotion up to Staffordshire/Warwickshire and relegation to Warwickshire 2. At the end of the 1991–92 season the merging of all Staffordshire and Warwickshire leagues meant that Warwickshire 1 was discontinued for the years that these leagues were active [b].
| ||||||||||||||
Season | No of teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated teams | Reference | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1987–88 | 11 | Keresley | Coventry Welsh | Old Laurentians, Atherstone | [2] | |||||||||
1988–89 | 11 | Coventry Welsh | Trinity Guild | Rugby St Andrews, GEC Coventry | [3] | |||||||||
1989–90 | 11 | Broadstreet | Trinity Guild | Manor Park | [4] | |||||||||
1990–91 | 11 | Kenilworth | Old Laurentians | Southam | [5] | |||||||||
1991–92 | 11 | Old Laurentians [c] | Trinity Guild | No relegation | [6] | |||||||||
Green backgrounds are promotion places. |
Restructuring of the Staffordshire/Warwickshire leagues [d] ahead of the 1996–97 season saw the reintroduction of a single Warwickshire league, which along with its counterpart Staffordshire was a tier 9 league. Promotion was to Staffordshire/Warwickshire 1 and there was no relegation until the reintroduction of Warwickshire 2 at the end of the 1999–00 season.
| ||||||||||||||
Season | No of teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated teams | Reference | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1996–97 | 9 | Claverdon | Ford | No relegation | [7] | |||||||||
1997–98 | 10 | Harbury | Atherstone | No relegation | [8] | |||||||||
1998–99 | 10 | Atherstone | Rugby St Andrews | No relegation | [9] [e] | |||||||||
1999–00 | 9 | Rugby St Andrews [f] | Old Wheatleyans | Multiple teams [g] | [10] [h] | |||||||||
Green backgrounds are promotion places. |
The cancellation of Staffordshire/Warwickshire 1 would see Warwickshire become Warwickshire 1, remaining as a tier 9 league. Promotion was to Midlands 4 West (South) and relegation to Warwickshire 2 until that division was cancelled at the end of the 2003–04 season. At the end of the 2005–06 season Warwickshire 1 was cancelled and all teams transferred to the newly introduced Midlands 5 West (South) and Midlands 6 West (South-East) divisions.
| ||||||||||||||
Season | No of teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated teams | Reference | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2000–01 | 10 | Earlsdon | Coventry Welsh | Pinley, Claverdon | [11] | |||||||||
2001–02 | 10 | Marconi | Shipston-on-Stour | Standard | [12] | |||||||||
2002–03 | 10 | Trinity Guild | Dunlop | Claverdon, Old Wheatleyans | [13] | |||||||||
2003–04 | 8 | Manor Park | Coventry Welsh | Stoke Old Boys, Pinley, Alcester | [14] | |||||||||
2004–05 | 9 | Harbury | Coventry Welsh | Old Wheatleyans, Coventry Technical | [15] | |||||||||
2005–06 | 10 | Spartans (Midlands) [i] | Dunlop [j] | No relegation [k] | [16] | |||||||||
Green backgrounds are promotion places. |